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FALCON OF THE MILLENNIUM EMPIRE ARC

THE HOLY EVIL WAR CHAPTER

TROLLS. ............cccceccccccecececcnceccccececcccccececcensceccccecececcscecs D

THE WITCH ..........cccccccecececececccececcccccccncccscececscenscecececes 27

MANSION OF THE SPIRIT TREE, PART 1 ................00- 45

MANSION OF THE SPIRIT TREE, PART 2 ..............----- 65

THE ASTRAL WORLD .............cccccccccccccccccncecscncecececececes 83

MAGIC STONE............ccccecccccccccecececececccccccccsccccccccccece 103

ELEMENTAL. ...........0cccccccecececcccececccccceccccececsccccececcss 123

ENOCH VILLAGE .............cccccceccccececccccncccccecsccccccececcee 145

AMBITION AND REFLECTION. .............cccececececececececee 167

TROLL RAID ...........2ccccececcccecccccrcccccccccecccseccccccecececcees 17

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VARIOUS JOURNEY.
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THE NIGHT,
THEN DEPART
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UNSEEN BY THE BEEN RENDERED ASTRAL
NAKED EYE.

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OUR WORLD IS )
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BY THE
EXISTENCE OF
TWO OTHER
WORLDS.

THE OTHER IS ONE IS KNOWN

THE SOUL OF COMMONLY
THE ORIGIN OF AS THE WORLD
ALL EXISTENCE, OF SPIRITS,
THE WORLD OF THE ASTRAL
THE IDEA. WORLD.

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CANNOT Tete : TOUCH IT
THAT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED,
ETHEREAL BODY BUT IT COMES DOWN TO
IS SENSED GHOSTS, RIGHT ? AIN’T THEY
STRONGLY A LITTLE TOO LIVELY? THEY'RE
ALL STICKY LIKE SNOT.
MAKES ME SICK.

YOUR ETHEREAL |
BODY'S
PERCEIVING.

OVER THE AGES ELVES AND

HAVE RECOGNIZED TROLLS ARE
THIS FACT AS REALITY, INHABITANTS
AND BECAUSE THEIR OF THAT
WORLD VIEW CONTINUES SAME ASTRAL
TO BE PASSED DOWN, WORLD.
WE ARE ABLE TO
PERCEIVE, SEE,
AND TOUCH THESE
LITTLE ONES.
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FADED AWAY TO DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SEE,
SOME PLACE IN THE OF ONE UNIVERSAL WORLD
ASTRAL WORLD. VIEW, THOSE WHO CAN SEE
THEM HAVE DWINDLED...

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BE OKAY
IN YOUR
HOMELAND...?
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me IT’S THe
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PIXIES ARE \
BORN EXAG-
GERATORS.
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SToRY THovaH!

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THEMSELVES
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OF OUR PHYSICAL HAVE LEARNED
WORLD TO DELVE INTO AND INHERITED
THE ASTRAL WORLD, THE PRACTICE
EXPERIENCE.
verY NICE. OF RELEASING
OUR ETHEREAL

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DIFFERENT WHO LEFT THE AS LIVING INTERSTICE
FROM THAT PHYSICAL WORLD LEGENDS.
OF THE REGRETFULLY...
PHYSICAL

EXIST ASTRAL
ENTITIES WITH
WHOM THE
ETHEREAL
BODIES...
OF MERE
HUMANS
CANNOT EVEN
COMPARE.

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SCENERY IS
MOSTLY DERIVED
EVENTUALLY, FROM THE
ANGELS, NEARLY ALL BECOME ETHEREAL FORMS
DEMONS, AWARE OF THEIR OWN OF OUR WORLD,
GODS OF DEATH OR BECOME SO THERE IS
POLYTHEISM... UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LITTLE DISPARITY
THE FORM OF THEIR BETWEEN IT AND
ETHEREAL BODIES OUR PHYSICAL
AND PASS AWAY REALITY.
FROM THIS LAYER.
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REALMS
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UNIVERSE
FROM WITHIN

THE WORLD
DOESN'T
PROFOUND \- =| EXTEND IN
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a ITSELF. / DIMENSIONS.

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LAYER OF
THE ASTRAL
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FETISH FOR
SUMMONING
THE FIVE
 «THAT HAS IT MUST
KEPT YOU BE THAT
ON YOUR MALICE...
FEET UNTIL
THIS DAY.

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IT BECOMES
SHACKLES...

YOUR LIFE
CANNOT
BE WITHOUT
HATRED...
lS STRIVING
TO INCINERATE
EVEN THOSE
YOU CONSIDER
IRREPLACEABLE.

MAKE YOUR
SWORD
HEAVY AND
BLUNT.
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TREADING
AND ! a.
DANGEROUS |? S| GF 3 THIN(CE.
EXPEDITION.

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DIFFICULT...

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MEET YOUR NATELY...
EXPECTA-

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CAN BE
USED
IF ONLY
YOU FIND
 THE OBJECT
ITSELF IS AS A BEHELIT IS
NOTHING MORE A HIGHLY SPIRITUAL
THAN A STONE, OBJECT THAT
BUT THE FATE GOVERNS EVEN
ASSOCIATED HUMAN FATE...
WITH IT RESTS PERHAPS AN
IN THE HANDS EVEN GREATER
OF ITS MASTER EXISTENCE
WHO SENT IT. SENT IT TO THE
PHYSICAL WORLD.

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TIME |S RIGHT,
IT WILL BE IN
THE HANDS OF
THE PERSON
TO WHOM IT
BELONGS.

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AND IT IS IF IT IS NOT BEHELIT INDEED
CERTAIN... |] YOURS THEN, BELONGS TO
IN SPITE OF YOU, EVEN IF
YOUR WILL, YOU WERE TO
IT SHALL AT DISCARD IT,
SOME POINT WHEN THE
LEAVE YOUR TIME COMES,
IT SHALL
FIND YOU.
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MY BETCHI
AROUND
WITHOUT
ASKIN’!

YOU KNEW
I'D BE
PASSING
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REINCARNATIONG...

py _
THEY ARE
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THE EXECUTORS
BETeHI’S
OF THE WILL
OF SOMETHING
LURKING IN THE
DISTANT ABYSS
OF THE ASTRAL
WORLD,

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f eee OF THE GREAT
him 86 MYSTERIES
ts ae FOR THOSE
: . . if wimg CO: LS WHO
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PERHAPS IN THE ASTRAL 4
THAT DOMAIN, IT IS a
UNATTAINABLE... :

«FOR ONE
TO ARRIVE
AS A PERSON,
CLAD IN THE
ETHEREAL
BODY CALLED
EGO.

DO KNOW IS
THAT THEY
WERE ONCE
HUMAN...
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WHERE IT
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THINGS
SUCH AS
ANGELS AND
DEMONS
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OPPONENT IS A \, OE Bec AND
TRANSCENDENTAL BUT... 1 ‘a FEELINGS
aa ; \ ARE INDIS-
- > | PENSABLE
REASONING! S Ale EVEN FOR
MAGIC.

WHEN T WENT
TO MIDLAND By =
YOUR COMMAND Ni os
TO CONFIRM THE
FULFILLMENT OF
THE REVELATION...
 AN ENORMOUS
HE APPEARS FLOW OF OD THAT
TO BE HUMAN, ENGULFS AND
BUT SPIRITUALLY
HE CANNOT
BE CALLED
THAT. BLADE OF THE
PHYSICAL WORLD
AN CAN TOUCH HIM.
EXISTENCE
THAT NO

SURELY HE
/S THE
ABSOLUTE.
 IF HE IS THE
IF HE IS THE INCARNATED
HAWK OF FORM OF THE
DARKNESS, FIFTH ANGEL
THEN HE IS rrgaited
DFUL.
Nee REVELATION...

D»

«WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE
FOR
BRANDING

BUT DOES
NOT THAT
KNOWLEDGE
ITSELF
SOMETIMES
RENDER US
BLIND?
ENCOUNTERED
YOu.

THE
FAVORITE
DISCIPLE
OF FLORA,
WITCH OF THE
FOREST OF
THE SPIRIT
TREE.
 BESTOWS
UPON US
FATE.

BUT IT
|S THE
CHILDREN
OF MEN
WHO
CHOOSE
IT.

THIS IS MY
BELIEF.

GO AND
WITNESS
WITH YOUR
OWN
EYES...

THE
SIGNIFICANT
NATURE THIS
ENCOUNTER
WILL BEAR
FOR YOU.

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SEALED WITH
PURIFICATION
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EXPLAIN CALLED FEMME
THE THINGS FATALE OINTMENT.
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FROM ALMOND
OIL, CELERY,
BELLADONNA,
WOLFSBANE,
= Zé 7™\ AND THE LIKE.

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MAGIC ARMS FETISHES.
GRANTED THE
PROTECTION OF
THE SPIRITS.

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A\ THEM FROM MY
MISTRESS.

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INHERENT TO THE
PHYSICAL WORLD--
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AND ENERGY--
ARE ALL RESONANT
WITH THE WORKINGS
OF ELEMENTALS IN
THE ASTRAL WORLD,
RESPECTIVELY--
EARTH, WATER,
WIND, AND FIRE.

THESE LITTLE
ONES ARE THE
ETHEREAL
FORMS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE
THAT FILLS
THIS WORLD--
SPIRITS OF
THE WIND THAT
BLOWS ABOUT
THE SKY.

YOU MEAN I'M A

WIND SF/Re/T 7!
ZT CAN’T BéLléve THE SHOCKIN’ TRUTH!!
I’m NOT A CHESTNUT HEAD?!

SSA {KFe md
WHAT'RE YOU ZDY, AEG
TALKIN’ ABOLIT ? Fl SAI
THEY'RE OUR | ACMUN
ANCESTORS.

YOU'RE A PIXIE,
RIGHT ? PIXIES'RE
A FAMILY OF THE
WIND SPIRITS,
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WEARS IT
IS CLAD IN
ONE aan ATMOSPHERIC
SWING CAN GRANTED CUREENE THAT IS THE
GENERATE A THE WIND'S . AND CAN SYLPH HOOD,

IS THE ASIDE GRANTED THE

SYLPH SWORDS PROTECTION
SWORD, OF THE
ELEMENTALS.

vee BLADE IS
FLESH MADE FROM
Mena A WHITE
EVEN SHOUILDERED
‘
TOLICHING
2 ae AND
FEATHER
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MISTLETOE
GROWING ON
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WHERE’S MINE?

EGHHH, A
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IT’S GLOWIN’
ALL RED...
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OF THE
SALAMANDER
3 DAGGER
cursmare ~ ‘ : IS MAGICALLY
: . ee . CRAFTED FROM
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IGNITE AND ae ipa RS a)
BURN AS IF Ro ate
STRUCK BY A oN S ,
HOT IRON.

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CONSECRATED . iy TYPE To
BERRIES, ZAM AN Pa ge
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DANGEROUS!
DON'T
BRANDISH
ir so Reck- (IRs
m, LESSLY!

THEY ARE AT BEST

YOUR BEST
FOR SELF-DEFENSE.
NOT TO GET
IF IT WERE UP TO ME,
I WOULD NOT BRING
ALONG SOMEONE AS
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AN ANALOGy, DOMAIN OF EXIST PRIMARILY IN THE ASTRAL
TIS LIKE THE INTERSTICE THE PHYSICAL DOMAIN WORLD
THE SHORE- THAT ONE MAY OF THE INTERSTICE, AND THE
LINE TO YET ENTER WHERE THE ASTRAL = PHYSICAL
THE SEA. PHYSICALLY. WORLD IS WORLD.
PERCEIVABLE.

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SO LONG AS THE MISTRESS
WHO ARE
IN THE
SAME LAYER
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OF THE MANSION DOES NOT
INVITE APPROACH, REGULAR
HUMANS CANNOT VISIT HERE.
REACHED IT EVEN TO THE EYES OF THOSE
WITH STRONG EXTRASENSORY
PERCEPTION, AT BEST
IT SHOULD APPEAR TO
BE A MIRAGE.

THE AFTERLIFE,
YOU MEAN? WE
HAD A NEAR-DEATH THEN
EXPERIENCE ;
WORLD THIS WITHOLIT EVEN THIS IS...
be TREE ROTTED KNOW
& ABOUT TWO
4 HUNDRED
we YEARS AGO...

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powEs pig IT LIVED IT WAS
EXISTENCE |S IN THE FOCUS OF
THE PHYSICAL WORSHIP FOR
ALL ARBOREAL
ANIMISTS IN hae
THIS REGION.

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AND MORE SPLENDID
ITS SHAPE WILL
BE FIXED IN THE
ASTRAL WORLD.

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OF MAGIC USERS
50 HAVE ESTABLISHED
: THEIR RESIDENCES
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MATTER WITH IN THIS LAYER OF
THE POWER THE INTERSTICE.
OF OUR MINDS THE LIMITATIONS
BECOMES OF THE MATERIAL
EASY. WORLD ARE
LONG FIXED IN
A WEAKENED
STATE HERE...

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WHOLE PACK
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DEATH!!
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VICTIMS ? PRESENT STATE
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THE SORT OF THING NOSES INTO THIS.
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ALL WE Zz THIS ISA

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HANDED RIGHT NOW,
SO TO TURN THEM
AWAY WOULD...
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OURSELVES OF OUR OWN ACCORD!

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gl SEARCH WARRANT MAY BE ISSUED
Me ~_BY THE HOLY SEE REGARDING

WERE THIS
THE HOLY CITY,
YOU WOULD
HARDLY ESCAPE
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IMAGES, THOUGHTS, BEFORE
THOUGHTS.
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LETTERS AND WORDS, ARE
SCIOUSLY IT IS NECESSARY
VAGUE AND INCONSTANT.
ADHERED TO CONNECT
TO MINE. THEIR OD...
THEIR SPIRITUAL
MAGNETISM.

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WORDS DISTINCTLY IN YOUR
MIND. IF YOU MASTER
THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE,
THE COMMUNICATION OF
INTENT FAR BEYOND THAT
OF NORMAL CONVERSATION
BECOMES POSSIBLE.
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ABIDE BY MY
INSTRUCTIONS.

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BEING THE MAGIC
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UES ZA ui, BLOWHARD!
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MIGHT AS
WELL RUN
AWAY FROM

CLINGIN' TO \\ Ho
THIS SHABBY Y)\
VILLAGE,
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BESIDES, JTam
EVERYONE IN Jam
=
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THE VILLAGE
ENTRUSTED THEIR
FATE TO THIS <Veo
OLD CODGER.
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SSNS ><A = I'M THA NKF UL.
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: AM THIS AGE AND
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AND RUN AROUND BUT WHEN I WAS
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USED TO AND AFTER SO
MUCH NORMAL
a DEEP LIVING, MY
iyi
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INSIDE ...
THAT MEMORY'S /
FOREST GROWN VAGUE. ,
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i ALONE WAS BUT IT ALWAYS
Mi ENOUGH STAYED STUCK |
inna, IN MY HEART.

WHETHER OR
NOT IT REALLY
HAPPENED...

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ABOUT THE (siV5
GOOD OL Ay
DEPRESSIN' \
DAYS !!

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ELLF a
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OR
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WITH ME 2 eine
VILLAGE HOLDIN
WHEN I’M ON TO YOU
CARI2YIN’
OUT MY a Avia
GOALS !!
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